A new app called Petey (formerly watchGPT)has launched for Apple Watch.
Many observers say that the built-in smart assistant Sirifails to be helpful in many situations.
Reddit userThe_Franchise_09, for example, didn’t hold back recently in criticizing Siri.

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“She does nothing particularly well.
I find myself visibly frustrated with her screwing up basic core commands or not understanding basic sentences.
She can’t even execute core functions adequately.

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AI chatbots can be helpful in smartwatches by providing quick and convenient access to information and services.
Petey isn’t the only AI smartwatch app.
Citizenrecently announcedits latest CZ Smart smartwatches that feature a built-in AI “self-care advisor.”
The app can be set as a complication for easy access.
Petey accesses ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI and launched in 2022.
It is built on top of OpenAI’s GPT-3 family of LLMs and can produce human-like speech.
“Articles are being written almost entirely (and in some cases, entirely) by algorithms.
And already, computer programmers are starting to adopt tools that write part of their code for them.”
In the future, AI apps for smartwatches could be ubiquitous, Miller predicted.
Students with AI on their smartwatches might get a leg up in classes.
“Every single college-level class will be affected significantly in some way by this technology,” Licato said.